How to Use forint in a Sentence
forint
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Hungary’s currency, the forint, has lost around 16% of its value against the dollar in the last six months and slipped to a historic low against the euro last week.
—chicagotribune.com, 29 Nov. 2021
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Hungary's currency, the forint, has lost around 16% of its value against the dollar in the last six months and slipped to a historic low against the euro last week.
—Fox News, 20 Nov. 2021
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Hotel staff also expect tips in forints so have them handy for porters, maids, waitstaff, etc.
—Leena Kim, Town & Country, 22 May 2019
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Mr Orban forced the banks to redenominate the mortgages in forints at favourable rates.
—The Economist, 29 Aug. 2019
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The Czech koruna and the Hungarian forint weakened by 0.4 percent.
—Ewa Krukowska, Bloomberg.com, 2 May 2018
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Hungary’s forint reversed earlier gains against the U.S. dollar, while the zloty pared its advance.
—Stephanie Bodoni, Bloomberg.com, 16 Feb. 2022
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The koruna has weakened 3.2% against the euro this month, slightly more than its central European peers the Polish zloty and the Hungarian forint.
—Lenka Ponikelska, Bloomberg.com, 30 Sep. 2020
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The Hungarian forint and Polish zloty lost nearly 5% and 4% so far this month, respectively, against the U.S. dollar.
—Julia-Ambra Verlaine, WSJ, 29 July 2022
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Although a member of the European Union, Hungary uses its forint as currency.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 4 Apr. 2021
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The rise in cases has also weighed on central and Eastern European currencies, with the Hungarian forint falling 2.2% against the euro last week, its worst week since June.
—Caitlin Ostroff, WSJ, 19 Oct. 2020
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The forint and zloty are particularly exposed as their countries do substantial trade with the euro area and they are normally quoted against the euro.
—Simon Flint, Bloomberg.com, 28 Aug. 2020
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Although the price of this particular listing is given in euros, most real estate transactions in Hungary are done in forints.
—Roxana Popescu, New York Times, 20 June 2018
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The damage from any significant euro decline would be most acute for the Hungarian forint and Polish zloty, according to a Bloomberg study of moves in the single currency over the past two decades.
—Simon Flint, Bloomberg.com, 28 Aug. 2020
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Eastern European currencies accounted for five of the top six best emerging-market performers against the euro during the past month, led by Hungary’s forint with a jump of 1.4 percent.
—Radoslav Tomek, Bloomberg.com, 15 May 2017
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Some other emerging-market currencies also weakened, with the South African rand and the Hungarian forint falling about 2.6% and 1.7%, respectively.
—Jon Sindreu, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2018
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Portfolio managers are selling the forint and zloty as a wager on Europe’s potential energy crisis.
—Julia-Ambra Verlaine, WSJ, 29 July 2022
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The referendum — on which the government spent at least 10 billion Hungarian forint, or about $36 million — included no specifics about legislation or government action.
—Rick Lyman, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2016
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